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Endaayaang: The Importance of “Indigenizing” Housing First for Youth
This article explores Endaayaang, which means a safe place where the heart and spirit feel at home, an Indigenous Housing First for Youth programme, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The...
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“I Want Purpose in My Life”: A Qualitative Exploration of how Homeless Youth Envision their Futures
Preparing for the future is a major developmental task during adolescence and early adulthood. However, youth experiencing homelessness face additional challenges relating to economic instability, housing insecurity, and a lack...
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How Does Upstream Canada Work?
In this blog, we will explore how Upstream Canada accomplishes its mission to address barriers to resiliency for youth, with the underpinning goals of preventing homelessness and school disengagement. Through...
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Housing Options Under Housing First for Youth
What is HF4Y? Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) is a rights-based intervention for young people (aged 13-24) who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. The goal of HF4Y is...
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What is Upstream Canada?
How can we effectively address the largely hidden and pervasively misunderstood problem of youth homelessness in a safe and accessible way? In this blog, we will explore how a promising...
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Housing First for Youth: A Program, Systems Approach and Philosophy
Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) is a program, systems approach and philosophy that can be used to guide local system planning decisions, as well as service delivery. In this blog,...
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Implementing Duty to Assist in Canada: A Rights-Based Approach to Preventing and Ending Homelessness
The Duty to Assist is perhaps one of the most significant paradigm-shifting developments in our efforts to prevent and end homelessness since Housing First arrived on the scene more than...
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Experiments in Paradigm Shifting: How Service Design Can Inform the Duty to Assist Policy
The desire to address inequalities and exclusionary practices within homelessness policy led Wales to become the first country to attempt to fully reorient homelessness services toward prevention and to make preventive services universally...